Bag holder



Aug.. 21, 11945. J. c. BRQOME v Y 2,383,366

l BAG HOLDER' Filed July 5, 1943 Mira@ l Patented Aug. 21, 1945 Y BAGHOLDER John C. Broome, Dunedin, Fla., assignor to Food rMachineryCorporation, San Jose, Calif., a corporation oi.' Delaware vApplicationJuly 5, 1943, Serial No. 493,603

. 1o claims. (ci. 24a- 100) My invention relates to devicesv for holdingbags while lling these. i

The invention aims, for its objects,l to provide a bag holder that visinexpensive to build, one

which issimple in operation, one which may be rapidly disengaged fromthe bag when the latter has been iilIed, one which operates with easeand rapidity to engage a bag in preparation for iilling the latter; anda bag holder which holds a bag with the mouth thereof positivelyexpanded during a filling operation.

The manner of accomplishing the foregoing objects. as well as furtherobjects and advantages, will Ibe made manifest in the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a preferred em- Ibodiment of the bagholder of my invention mounted upon astationary support.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on 20 the line 2 2 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, I have shown my invention thereinas embodied in ai25 bag holder I0 which is mounted upon arms II providedon a xed pedestal I2. This bag holder is frequently mounted on a baggingand weighing device. It is here shown as having a station- 4ary mountingto` simplify the 'disclosure asthe 30 There are preferably two auxiliarysections I'I in 40 each of the two groups of these aforesaid and thesections of each group are joined together and one edge of one of saidsections of each of `said groups is connected to a corresponding edge ofthe base section I6 by internalV hinges 2| the I 45 axes of which aredisposed within the annulus 'I5 and preferably substantially paralle1with the axis of this annulus. The hinges 2| are also applied so as notto permit [further outW-ard swinging of one bf the sections IB or I1relative to150 each other beyond that swinging movement neoessary toexpand these sections to produce the annulus I5. The opposite edges ofeach of the groups of sections I1 from those edges thereof which areconnected to the base section I5, are 55 The base section I6 is securedas` 35 connectedtogetherby an external hinge 22, pin 23 of which is bentrearwardly and into an eye to form an operating handle 24.

` Extending outwardly from the sections I5 are bag holding means such aspins 25.

Operation,

The bag holder I0 `of my invention is adapted to be manually operated,the rst step being to collapse the annulus I5 by pushing inwardly on thehandle 24, this extreme collapsed position being shown by dotted lines30 in Fig. 2. The mouth of the empty bag is now pulled over the beadand' then lifted above the level of the bottom of the annulus I5 whilethe handle 2li is pulled outwardly to expandthe annulus when in themouth of the bag as shown in Figs. l and 3. Tov accomplish this thesections II successively pass from the position 30 to the positionsshown by vbroken lines 3l and that shown by the broken lines 32 (seeFig. 2). In order to complete the expansion ofthe annulus I5 from theposition shown by broken lines 32 to the position shown in full lines inFig. 2, the base section I5 must be sprung slightly as indicated bybroken lines 33 in Fig. 2. The reason for assembling the bag holder Illin this manner is so that when the annulus I5 is completely expanded itwill tend to remain in an expanded conditionV and will eifectivelyresist forces tending to collapse this while lthe bag is being filled.

When the annulus I5 is expanded in order to support the mouth of thebagvB for filling the -`lattery the pins extend through or into thematerial'of the bag B and cooperate with the bead 20 to positivelyprevent the bag coming olf the bag holder I0 while the annulus I5 isex'- panded After a bag B has been applied to the bag holder Ill asabove described, material is delivered through the annulus I5 into thisbag. When the desired amount of material has thus been delivered intothe bag, the handle 24 is pushed inwardly to fully collapse the annulusI5 as indicated by broken lines 3l] of Fig. 2. This withdraws the pins25 from the bag and allows the rear portion of the mouth of the bag tofall away from over the bead 20 so that the filled bag may 4readily beshifted away from under the bag collapsed as indicated :by the brokenlines 30 in Figs. 1 and 2.

I claim:

1. A bag holder comprising: an annulus adaptl ed to extend into and beex-panded in the mouth of a bag, said annulus being formed of at leastthree sections hinged together at their respective contiguous :ends onaxes parallel with the axis of the annulus, certain of said sectionslbeing collapsible inwardly by pivoting said sections relative to eachother about said hinge axis to disengage said holder from a bag.

2. A bagholder comprising: an annulus adapted to extend into and beexpanded in the mouth of a bag; bag engaging means .on the outer surfaceof said annulus for retaining said 4bag on said annulus when the latteris expanded in Said mouth, said annulus being l'formed 'o'i at least beexpanded inthe mouth `of a bag, :one of said 4 sections being largerthan :the other; .and .mounting means connected `to said Llarger section,in-order to support said annulus, said .other sections Ibeing adaptedto-collapse .the plane of said annulus by said sections pivotingrelative .to leach other about said .hinge axes and .extend into thespace within said larger :section :torelease .a ybag from around saidannulus.

4. A bag holder comprising: a `substantially semi-cylindrical ibasesection; a plurality of .auxiliary sections hingedly connected to each.other and to said base sectionvat .their ,respective :contiguous endson -spaced verticalaxes to form .an annulus when expanded, said `annulusbeing adapted whenfcol-lapsed-to .extend intowthe mouth of a ybag andthen be expanded: and means Aon lthe outer surfacesof .said lsectionsfor `engaging the mouth of the bag when said .annulus is expandedtherein to hold said mouth inrplace and `to support said lbag on saidannulus, ,said bag v Ibeing released from said holding means when saidauxiliary .sections are collapsed inwardly.

5. A lbag holder comprising: .a plurality of at least three sections allof which are pivotally connected together at their contiguous ends toform a collapsible annulus with an axis yparallel with the axes .of said,pivotal connections,` said annulus being adapted when collapsed to beinserted in the mouth of a bag and to be expanded therein to engage andsupport said bag; and manual means for collapsing certain of saidsections inwardly to release a bag from said annulus.

6. A bag holder comprising: a substantially semi-circular section; a'plurali-ty of auxiliary sections pivotally connected -to each other andto said semi-circularsec-tion tov-form an annulus, the axis of which issubstantially parallel with the axes of said pivotal -connectionsone of`.said pivotal connections being adapted to break Ainwardly, the balanceof said pivotal connections being adapted to break outwardly.

'7. A |bag holder comprising: a substantially semi-circular section;four auxiliary sections pivotally connected to each other and to saidsemi-circular section to form an annulus, the axis of which issubstantially parallel with the axes of said Jpivotal connections, oneof said pivotal connections being adapted to break inwardly, the balanceof said pivotal connections being Y adapted to break outwardly; andhandle means connected to said pivotal connectionl which :breaksinwardly for collapsing or expanding said annulus.

'8. Afbag holder comprising: a semi-circular section; means forsupporting said section; a

'bead formed outwardly about the lower edge of vsaid sectionglapluraitlyof auxiliary sections pivotallyconnected to each other and to said basesection 'to form an -annulus the axis of which is substantially parallelwith the axes of :said pivotal connections, said .auxiliaryI sectionsbeing adapted to be expanded, while the mouth of a bag is l placed.aroundsaid sections, to -fform said annulus 'in the mouthofsai'd lbagto substantial-ly -t said mouth; zand-means .on .said auxiliary.sections 'for extending-outwardly into'said-lbag to ycooperate withsaid -bead onsaid base section to suspend. said bag fromr said holderwhile said sections are Elo-expanded,'saidfauxiliary sections beingcollapsible andswinging. about the pivots of their interconnectinghinges ,to -release said bag :from said holding -means v,and permitsaidibag to slip downwardly from said-bag holder.

9. A bag yholder comprising: `an annulus .including a ibase sectionptwogroups of auxiliary sections, .internal .hingcsconnecting .together IthesectionsA of .each such -group :and connecting .one end of each ofsaid-groupsto .oneendofsaid base section.; anexternalhinge Aconnectingthe .other ends of said groups, said hinges being so applied that whenthe-joints .formed therebyare `flexed to expand said sections toformsaid annulus,the springing of at least one .of said sections isrequisite; and vmeans on said annulus facing outwardly to engage a bagithe ,mouth vof which is placed upwardly over said section to retainsaid lbag suspended on said annulus when the latter is fformed' byexpanding said sections within the mouth of said bag.

'10:` A bag holder comprising: an annulus including a base section, twogroups of auxiliary sections, internal hinges connecting together thesections of each such group and connecting 'one end of each of saidgroupsto one end of said base .section and `an external lhingeIconnecting the other ends of said groups, said hinges being so appliedthat when the joints formed thereby are flexed to expand said sectionsto form said annulus, the springingof at least 'one -of said sections isrequisite; means on said annulus facing outwardly to engage a lbag themouth of which is placed upwardly over said annulus to retain said bagsuspended on said anulus 'when the -latter .is expanded within the mouthof said bag; and a handle on said external hinge by which saidannulus'may be collapsed or expanded at will.

JCI-IN C. BROOME.

